A Clarksville location of Home Instead Senior Care is among seven franchise sites that have violated wage and hour laws, the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) announced.
In a written statement, the USDOL said the case started as an investigation of a single Bowling Green, Ky-based caregiving provider. It snowballed into a review of six other franchises across three states once investigators uncovered systemic violations by the employer.
Investigations led by USDOL's Wage and Hour Division led to the recovery of $201,356 in back wages for 320 workers.
The employer also agreed to correct its non-compliant pay practices.
The initial investigation of Trusted Senior Care LLC – operator of Home Instead Senior Care in Bowling Green – found violations of the overtime and recordkeeping regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the USDOL said.
When investigators became aware of the "systemic nature of the violations," they expanded the investigation to include the six other Home Instead franchise locations in Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee, all owned and operated by Brad Cannon.
In addition to Clarksville and Bowling Green, other Home Instead locations fined in Tennessee were in Franklin, Goodlettsville and Nashville.
The other fined locations are in Rainbow City, Ala. and Frankfort, Ky.
Investigators said they found violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act in all seven locations, including:
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